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Type of document: Contract Notice
Country: United Kingdom
Publication Ref: (2022/S 000-009525/EN)
Nature of contract: Service contract
Procedure: Open procedure
Type of bid required: Global bid

Contract notice
Services

Section I: Contracting authority
I.1) Name and addresses
Official name: Maritime & Coastguard Agency
Postal address: Spring Place, 105 Commercial Road
Town: Southampton
Postal code: SO15 1EG
Country: United Kingdom
Email: contracts@mcga.gov.uk
Internet address(es):
Main address: www.gov.uk

I.3) Communication
The procurement documents are available for unrestricted and full direct access, free of charge,at:
Additional information can be obtained from:
the above mentioned address
Tenders or requests to participate must be submitted:
electronically via:
I.4) Type of the contracting authority
National or federal agency/office
I.5) Main activity
General public services

Section II: Object
II.1) Scope of the procurement
II.1.1) Title: 2000000

Reference number: TCA 3/7/1221
II.1.2) Main CPV code: 72230000
II.1.3) Type of contract: Services
II.1.4) Short Description: Providing support, maintenance and data integration for the UK’s Long-Range Identification and Tracking Collaborative Data Centre
II.1.5) Estimated total value:
Value excluding VAT: 2000000.00 Currency: GBP
II.1.6) Information about lots:
The contract is divided into lots: no
II.2) Description
II.2.3) Place of performance
Nuts code:
II.2.4) Description of the procurement:
The Maritime and Coastguard Agency (MCA) is responsible for the implementation of the SOLAS Convention within the UK, which involves, under Chapter V, maintaining an LRIT Data Centre for use by UK flagged vessels.
The Long-Range Identification and Tracking (LRIT) system is a designated International Maritime Organization (IMO) system designed to collect and disseminate vessel position information received from IMO member States ships that are subject to the International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea (SOLAS).
The requirements concerning LRIT are located in Regulation 19-1. In accordance with Paragraph 8.1 of Regulation 19-1, “Contracting Governments shall be able to receive long-range identification and tracking information about ships for security and other purposes as agreed by the Organization”, the organisation in this context meaning the International Maritime Organisation (IMO). Such “other purposes” would include Search and Rescue (SAR).
The requirement is for all passenger ships including high speed craft, cargo ships of 300 gross tonnage and above, mobile offshore drilling units to automatically transmit every 6 hours the identity of the ship, the position report and data and time of the position. This information should be received by a data centre owned by the appropriate flag-state.
Further IMO resolutions also established performance standards for LRIT Data Centres, which any UK system must conform to.
II.2.5) Award criteria

II.2.6) Estimated value:
Value excluding VAT: 2000000.00 Currency: GBP
II.2.7) Duration of the contract,framework agreement or dynamic purchasing system
Duration in months: 24
This contract is subject to renewalyes Description of renewals:This is an ongoing requirement. Option to extend for a period of up to 2 years.

II.2.9) Information about the limits on the number of candidates to be invited
II.2.10) Information about variants
Variants will be accepted: no
II.2.11) Information about options
Options: no
II.2.13) Information about European Union funds
The procurement is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds:no

Section III: Legal, economic, financial and technical information
III.1) Conditions for participation
III.1.2) Economic and financial standing
Selection criteria as stated in the procurement documents
III.1.3) Technical and professional ability
Selection criteria as stated in the procurement documents

Section IV: Procedure
IV.1) Description
IV.1.1) Type of procedure:
Open procedureIV.1.8) Information about the Government Procurement Agreement(GPA)
The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement: yes
IV.2) Administrative information
IV.2.2) Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate
Date: 2022-05-09 Local time: 11:00
IV.2.4) Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted:EN
IV.2.6) Minimum time frame during which the tender must maintain the tender
Duration in months:3(from the date stated for receipt of tender)
IV.2.7) Conditions for opening tenders
Date: 2022-05-09 Local time: 11:01 Place:Southampton

Information about authorised persons and opening procedure:Opened via DfT e-sourcing portal ‘Jaggaer’.

Section VI: Complementary information
VI.1) Information about recurrence:
This is a recurrent procurement: yes
Estimated timing for further notices to be published:2 years
VI.2) Information about electronic workflows
Electronic invoicing will be accepted
Electronic payment will be used
VI.4) Procedures for review
VI.4.1) Review body
Official name: Cabinet Office
Town: London
Country: United Kingdom
VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice:2022-04-08